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H. GUILLAUME.

SLEEPING OAR.

No. 284,733. Patented Sept. 11, 1883.

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SLEEPING GAR.

Patented Sept. 11, 1883.

STATES NITE HENRI GUILLAUME, OF VASHINGTON, DISTRICT VOF COLUMBIA.

SLEEPING-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,733, dated September 11, 1883.

Application nieu July 2, 1883. (No groan.)

or figures of reference marked thereon, which lorm a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide suitable accommodations on railway-cars for families or parties traveling together, or individuals who may desire to enjoy absolute privacy; and to these endsv the invention consists in the construction of the car-body, and in the arrangement and construction of the sleeping-berths, substantially as more fully described hereinafter, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in whichp Figure l is a perspective view, partly in section, Vof so much of a car-body as is necessary to illustrate my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal longitudinal section thereof. Figs. 3, 4, 7 and S are detail views, showing the arrangement of the bed-supports. Figs. 5 and 6 are cross-sectional elevations, looking in the direction of arrow of Fig. 2, and showing the closet-door closed and open, respectively 5 and Fig. 9, a horizontal longitudinal section of a modified construction of car-body.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts wherever such may occur.

The body of the car may be of any suitable form, though in practice I prefer to make the said body A of the car of a series of substantially octagonal compartments, 1,2 3 4, &e. absolutely isolated from one another-that is to say, there is no direct intercommunication between the several compartments by communicating doors. At the intersection of each Octagon I locate the lavatory and closet c a, 85e., so that each compartment will beprovided with such lavatory and closet, access to which can only be had by a door, b, from the particular compartment of which such lavatoryand closet form an accessory, as, plainly shown in Fig. 2. Access may be had to each compartment,either directly from the ground by a stairway and landing, B, Fig. 9, or by a stairway and corridor, B', same figure, or both, according to the arrangementiof the compartments, and, as will be seen in said figure, the entire space of the car-platform is utilized, access being had to the severa-l compartments from the ground by a separate stair and landing arranged on opposite sides ofthe car. As above stated, and as shown in Figs. l and 2, I prefer to construct the compartments in the form of octagons, or substantially in that form,

and in such manner as to leave a veranda, C,v

extending the entire length ofthe car, on opposite sides of the compartments, and communicating with the front and rear platforms, D, respectively, the entrance to the several compartments being located alternately on opposite sides of the car-that is to say, the entrance Eto compartment l will be on one side of the car, that to compartment 2 on the opposite side, that to compartment 3 on the same side as the entrance to compartment I, and so on for all the compartments. By means of this arrangement and construction of carbody I provide not only absolutely isolated compartments, but also a means for gaining access thereto and for promenade, and I also provide a means whereby a person or. family may enjoy the privacy of a hotel and regulate the ventilation and heat to suit themselves without incommoding others. Alongy one side of each compartment I arrange narrow boxes F compartment.

I is a catch, and a stop that 'holds the catch in the position shown in Fig. 7 so that when the bed-support is lifted out of its box by side bar g" and the latter run along the vgrooved rail It the catch z will hold the side bar g firmly in position, while the side bar g, after being fully drawn out, .is secured by IOC means of a pivoted hook or latch, i', Figs. 3, 4, and 6. The box F, in which the upper bedsupport is placed, has end rails or guides, f, along which the support is lifted until the side bar g lies against the catch.

K is a linen closet or locker for each compartment, and L is a closet in which the mattresses are sto-red, and both these closets or lockers are closed by a common door, k, Figs. 5 and 6, said door being partially cut out to t over the boxes F F, which are or may be covered by any suitable lid; or they may form a seat or couch, as desired.

Instead of arranging the beds as described, they may be arranged along the transverse partitions and made in the form of drawers M,` Fig. 2, which, when pulled out, will constitute the berth, and, if desired, both arrangements of beds may be employed, the berths M at the foot end projecting under the bed-supports on the side of the car.

' It will be obvious that means other than those shown and described may be employed whereby the bed-supports are held in a stretchedposition, and also that instead of giving the compartments an approximately octagonal form in their general outline they may be of other form in outline, the invention having for its primary object the isolation of the compartments; hence absolute privacy to the individual or family occupying a section, providing all accommodations necessary f to comfortable sleeping-apartments, eonstructin g the berths or beds so as to convert the sleeping-apartment into a parlor or saloon section, and, finally, providing a promenade all around the car for the occupants of the several sec-v tions.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a compartment-car, a series of compartments each provided with lavatory and closet, and having their entrances and exits alternately from opposite sides of the car by a stairway and landing or a veranda, substantially as described.

2. In a compartment-car, a series of com partments each provided with lavatory and closet, lockers for the bed-supports and bedding, and having their entrances and exits alternately from 'opposite sides of the car by a ,stairway and landing or a veranda, substantially as described.

' 3. In a compartment-car, a series of substantially octagonal sections each having a lavatory, a closet, and an entrance at the inter section of the several octagons, which form landings at that point, as described, for the purposes specified.

4. In a compartment-car, a stantially octagonal sections each having a lavatory, a closet, a locker for the bedding and berths, and an entrance at the intersection of the several octagons, whereby landings are formed for said entrances at that point, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In a compartment-car, a series of substantially irregular octagonal sections having their entrances formed by one of the smaller series of subfaces of the Octagon at the intersection of two of the sections, whereby landings are formed for said entrances, as set forth.

6. In a railway-ear, a car-platform combined with a car-body of less longitudinal and transverse diameters than said platform, whereby a passage or veranda is formed allaround the car-body, as and for the purposes set forth.

7. A railway-car composed of a series of sections or compartments having their entrances and exits upon opposite sides ofthe car alternately, in combination with a veranda or bal cony surrounding the entire body of the car, as described.

8. The combination, with the bed-supports G, of the rails h, having latches I i', substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRI GUILLAUME.

Witnesses:

HENRY ORTH, W. E. BoUL'rER. 

